In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress of America published a 'Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the Colonists of America', in which they protested against the Stamp Act and all efforts to tax them in a Parliament in which they could not be represented, and claimed for themselves all the rights of British subjects. A similar declaration of rights was issued by the Continental Congress of 1774, adapted to meet also the aggressive acts which had more recently been passed by Parliament. Another such was included in the Declaration of Independence. Research Declaration of Rights
The Stamp Act Congress was a body of delegates from all the American colonies except New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, which met at New York on October the 7th, 1765, and adjourned on October the 25th. The action of this Congress consisted of an address to the king, petitions to Parliament and a declaration of the rights and grievances of the colonies. It protested that the colonies could only be taxed by their own representatives in the colonial assemblies; claimed the inherent right of trial by jury, and declared the Stamp Act to have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonies. The House of Commons objected to the declaration as that of an unconstitutional gathering. Research Stamp Act Congress
Caesar Rodney was an American politician. He was born in 1728 and died in 1784. He was a delegate from Delaware to the Stamp Act Congress at New York in 1765. He was Speaker of the Delaware Assembly from 1769 to 1774, and of the Delaware popular Convention in 1774. He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, was a member of the committee to draft a statement of rights and grievances, and signed the American Declaration of Independence. He served under General George Washington in the Delawarecampaign from 1776 to 1777, and was president of Delaware from 1778 to 1782.
Caesar A Rodney was an American politician. He was born in 1772 and died in 1824. He represented Delaware in the US Congress as a Democrat from 1803 to 1805. He was Attorney-General in Jefferson's and Madison's Cabinets from 1807 to 1811. As commissioner to South America in 1817 he advocated the recognition of the Spanish-American republics. He was a US Congressman from 1821 to 1822 and a US Senator from 1822 to 1823. He was appointed Minister to the Argentine provinces in 1823. Research Caesar Rodney
John Rutledge was an American politician. He was born in 1739 at South Carolina and died in 1800. He attended the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, and the First and Second Continental Congresses. He was in 1776 the president of the State Government and served as Governor from 1779 to 1782. He was also Chancellor of the State, and a member of the Federal Convention of 1787. John Rutledge ranked among the Federalist leaders. President George Washington appointed him in 1795 Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, but the nomination was rejected by the Senate. Research John Rutledge
Timothy Ruggles was an American jurist, soldier and politician. He was born in 1711 and died in 1795. He served in the Massachusetts General Court for twenty-three years between 1739 and 1770. He commanded a regiment at Crown Point in 1755, was second in command at Lake George, and led a brigade in General Amherst's Canadian expedition. When a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in New York in 1765, and its president, he refused to sign the addresses and petitions. He espoused the British cause during the American Revolution. Research Timothy Ruggles
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